Students reneging on ED acceptances more than in past?

Catcherinthetoast
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:50:28 +0000

bennty:

good for the criminally wealthy

Almost sounds like the start of a “manifesto” of sorts.

bennty:

Which is more or less how most countries run it, or did till recently. There wasn’t any need for outlawing names, of course, because there wasn’t an entire industry of desperate end-of-empire social climbing and clinging.

You seemingly have some issues with contemporary American society and capitalism well beyond your concerns about ED.

Just food for thought and using one example…

Brown University

From most diverse applicant pool to date, Brown admits 896 early decision...

Selected from a pool of 6,146 applicants, the Class of 2026’s first members reflect the University’s ongoing commitment to making a Brown education more accessible to students from every socioeconomic background.

“ Among this year’s diverse cohort of admitted early decision students, 57% applied for financial aid, and 17% of students will be first in their family to attend college. Of the total cohort, 51% are students of color, defined as those who self-identify as Black, Latinx, Native American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or Asian — a 3% increase from last year.”

I suspect most of these kids benefiting from ED at Brown aren’t “criminally wealthy” as you describe, and I suspect the criminally wealthy full pay families financial support helps subsidize and provide these opportunities to the less economically fortunate.